BASIC ELECTRONICS 1- REVIEWER
MEASURING RESISTANCE VOLTAGE AND CURRENT USING DMM AND VOM
1.) Connect a multi-meter in ___________ to measure the voltage drop.
2.) __________ means the measurement is higher than range.
3.) In a carbon composition resistor, to increase the resistance, less _________ is added.
4.) __________ is a type of resistor that is very accurate and ultra-low noise.
5.) Potentiometer connected across voltage source to function as a ______________.
6.) The ____________ indicates the amount of power the resistor can safely dissipate heat.
7.) Voltage across a zero resistance is ________.
8.) Carbon resistors are small, so their R value in ohms is marked using ___________.
9.) The amount by which the actual R can differ from the color coded value is its ___________.
10.) _________ is a type of resistor indicated by a single black color band around its body
OHMS LAW AND CIRCUIT ANAYSIS OF SERIES AND PARALLEL CONECTION
1.) Voltage across a resistor is _________ proportional to the current flowing through the resistor.
2.) ________ is an electrical property of the atomic particles of which matter is consist.
3.) ________ is the time rate of change of charge.
4.) ________ is the energy required to move a unit charge through an element.
5.) A circuit element with R = 0 is called a _________.
6.) A circuit element with resistance approaching infinity is called a _________.
7.) Two or more elements are in ________ , if they exclusively share a single node and
consequently carry the same current.
8.) The _________ of a resistor is the reciprocal of its resistance.
9.) Elements in parallel always have the same _____________.
10.) __________ represents a single element in a circuit.
CAPACITORS
1.) Larger plate area ________ the capacitance.
2.) ____________ stores the charge in the dielectric between two conductors.
3.) The stored charge in the dielectric provides the _____________.
4.) ___________ is the time that it takes for the capacitor to reach 63% of the EMF value during
charging.
5.) If the electrolytic is connected in __________, the reversed electrolysis forms gas in the
capacitor. It became hot and may explode.
6.) The __________ of capacitors specifies the maximum potential differences of DC voltage that
can be applied without puncturing the dielectric.
7.) All coding systems for chip capacitors represent values in _________.
8.) __________ is the ability of a capacitor to completely discharge to zero.
9.) As a general rule, the larger the capacitor, the _______ its leakage resistance.
10.) In all cases, ________ the capacitor before checking with the ohmmeter.
INDUCTOR AND TRANSFORMER
1.) ___________ opposes change in current.
2.) Current through an inductor is _________.
3.) The flow of current through an inductor creates a __________.
4.) ___________ creates a current flowing in the opposite direction to the original current.
5.) Transformer must use an _______________.
6.) _____________ says that when two electrical coils are placed near to each other, AC electrical
current flowing in one coil induces an AC voltage in the other coil.
7.) __________ is equal to the ratio of the no. of turns on the primary and secondary coils times an
input voltage.
8.) _________, a ferromagnetic material that can conduct a magnetic field through it.
9.) In right hand rule, the thumb points in direction of _____________.
10.) An inductor is consist of coils conducting wire wound around a core. If no core is used, then it is
said to be ____________.
SWITCH, CONNECTORS AND FUSE
1.) _____________ refers to the number of closed contact positions that exist per pole.
2.) _____________ is a simple electromechanical switch made op on an electromagnet and a set of
contacts.
3.) Typical size of wire for home electrical wiring is ___________.
4.) The resistance of wire____________ as its length increases.
5.) ____________ typically used for cable television connections.
6.) ____________ refers to the voltage breakdown rating of a material.
7.) When measured with an ohmmeter, a good fuse has practically zero resistance, an open fuse
reads ____________.
8.) When measured with a voltmeter, a good fuse has zero volts across its two terminal. If there is
significant voltage across the fuse, it is _________.
9.) ____________, four-pin hard disk drive (HDD) connectors, also used for powering CD-ROM
drives, burner etc.
10.) Usually, all appliances in your house that consumed higher electricity have __________.